Plea in SC to recall NIA probe

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court (SC) seeking a recall of its order directing the NIA to investigate a controversial case of conversion and marriage of a Hindu woman to a Muslim man in Kerala.

The Kerala high court had annulled the marriage terming it as an instance of ‘love jihad’, following which the man had approached the apex court.

The top court had on August 16 directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to probe the incident under the supervision of retired apex court judge, justice RV Raveendran.

The man has now approached the SC seeking a recall of its August 16 order besides a direction to Kerala Police to produce the woman, who is residing in her father’s house, before the court.

Petitioner Shafin Jahan, in an interim application filed in his appeal against the high court order, said, “Therefore, now since the above reports are surfacing that NIA has already commenced investigation and already found a link, all without the guidance of Justice Raveendran, the worst fears of the petitioners have therefore been realised,” the plea said, adding, “such an investigation is clearly not fair and is against the orders of this Court”.

Jahan has claimed in his plea that the Kerala human rights commission has received several complaints regarding the detention of the woman at her father’s house. PTI